To this day

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Anonymous  #465118  Wed, 16 Jan 08 08:55 PM
Hi,
Recently, I've encountered the following phrase:
"To this day I'm proud of..."
 
It is one of the phrases that can be used while recounting a past event, e.g. what I was doing when the first man landed on the moon and I saw it on TV.
However there was no context available, it was only an examplary phrase and it even wasn't finished. I don't understand it at all. What can it mean? What day does "this day" refer to? Today or that day from the past?
Thanks for your help
  
Clive  #465129  Wed, 16 Jan 08 09:17 PM

Hi,

Recently, I've encountered the following phrase:
"To this day I'm proud of..."
 
It is one of the phrases that can be used while recounting a past event, e.g. what I was doing when the first man landed on the moon and I saw it on TV.
However there was no context available, it was only an examplary phrase and it even wasn't finished. I don't understand it at all. What can it mean? What day does "this day" refer to? Today or that day from the past?

To this day, I remember what I was doing when the first man landed on the moon. This means I have remembered from the day man landed on the moon until this day, ie now, the day that I am speaking.

You might also like to consider the similar expression, 'From that day to this, I have remembered . . . '.
Best wishes, Clive

  
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Anonymous  #465143  Wed, 16 Jan 08 09:47 PM

The event happened, and time passed. But this event is remembered, even after all that time. 

So TODAY, when we talk about that event, we would say, "To this day, I remember . . ."  

  
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